Senior Account Executive; Communications​/PR Agency

Job Description

Salary: $60,000 - $80,000 range based on experience

Vault Communications, the Philadelphia area's #2 Top Workplace (The Philadelphia Inquirer) and three-time consecutive winner of the Philadelphia Business Journal's Best Places to Work in 2022, 2023 and 2024, seeks a seasoned public relations professional who thrives in an autonomous, entrepreneurial culture to join our agency as a Senior Account Executive (SAE).

The SAE role is a vital one in our firm, often serving as the day-to-day point of contact for clients, as well as the project manager for all work -- from media relations to thought leadership/executive positioning to social/digital content and beyond. The SAE directs, leads, motivates, teaches, mentors Account Coordinators, Assistant Account Executives and Account Executives. The SAE fosters excellent communication and rapport with clients and may personally execute a majority of tactical recommendations in a plan to generate measurable results for a client, or will appropriately delegate and carefully supervise such tactical execution.

The SAE will also have the ability to lead the strategic planning process for a client.

PLEASE NOTE: 3 years of experience in public relations is absolutely required for this position, preferably in an agency setting.

• 3-6 years total of agency experience or applicable communication, PR, marketing communication or journalism experience
• Excellent tactical writing skills, including press releases, pitch letters, media alerts, speeches, collateral copy, bylined articles, op-eds, presentations, case studies, digital content and client and/or internal emails
• Excellent public speaking/interpersonal skills, especially for the purposes of client presentations, client meetings and new business pitches
• Excellent analytical, multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with competing deadlines
• Excellent judgement and problem-solving skills, and the ability to make strategic, sound recommendations to clients, peers and management
• Boundless creativity
• Fearless approach to media relations
• Strong digital/social media background
• Resourcefulness and chutzpah
• Desire to grow, learn, lead and thrive

Candidates may elect a fully remote schedule or a hybrid schedule at our headquarters in suburban Philadelphia (after an initial hybrid period as a new employee). In addition, we offer a full suite of industry-leading benefits including: competitive compensation and profit sharing, flex scheduling, year-round "summer Fridays", 100% paid medical/dental/vision benefits, generous PTO and paid holidays, cell phone stipend and exceptional employee programming/traditions.

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